Punishing Beginner Mistakes | Ponziani Opening

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In this video I play a rapid chess game against fellow Twitch Streamer vengaard_live () who is a relatively new to chess— only been playing for ~3 months! In the game, I unleash the Ponziani Opening and proceed to show no mercy. I hope this game provides some instructional value when it comes to exploiting common beginner mistakes and using basic tactics to seize the advantage. Towards the end of the game (once I achieved a decisive material advantage) I put more of my focus towards answering various questions from the Twitch Chat. After the game, I provide some basic tips and advice and show how black could have improve the opening play against the Ponziani.
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%1$ Comments892

    Me seeing the video's thumbnail and thinkin about saying de rien

    11 minutes in the game the black could check the white and loose the rook

    Queen to e3 would have been a good move ..it defends the bishop and pawn and allows an attack on queen

    “So basically everything is hanging” sounds like one of my games

    At 11:32 couldnt you have gone a7 with the knight and checkmate with queen on d7 or am i missing something?

    I’m not sure he really punished beginner mistakes tho – it was a decent game

    عمر ياسر فاروق مصطفى عبد الوهاب says:

    What's the app or website?

    actually in move number 11 white should have played nf7 it attacks queen and rook and the opponent loses one

    He defended himself surprisingly well for a newb.

    11:45 if black had taken with the rook eric would have lost his queen right?

    After knight moving to e7 (check), Rxe7 would be a much better move I think : white queen and king in the same line

    Hey man why havent you tried a8 with the horse when the rook came down ? wouldnt that be a better option ?

    "This is 2:12 AM for me"

    Me at 1:37 AM watching: what a fool

    Your attitude is so awesome. Can't quite put it into words, but you're smoother then graphene.

    Pawn c6 would’ve been an excellent move for black at around 16 minutes deep

    why couldn't the black knight just take the white knight before he moved the white queen to e4

    Everyone always tells me not to play C3. Why?

    While playing with friends: My pieces my board i win

    7:39 I wonder why the knight cant go to F7 and fork the two rooks and queen…

    “He’s been playing for 3 months…. NO MERCY”

    9:45 what about taking the pawn if he takes you put him in check with the queen

    11:46 , why didn't you take it with the queen. Isn't that a check mate? Please someone help

    Just a reminder that you can’t castle out of check, only beforehand or after. The general rule is you can’t castle into, out of, or through check

    Vanguard definitely wasn't playing like a "3 month" beginner though. Either stream sniping or has been playing far longer than he said he had been playing

    What does the IM mean? Cuz ik GM means grand master sooo…

    Hey, I'm really new to chess (a week in) but if anyone has an answer, why was 7:12 knight F7 not the right move?

    Ta 10:36 he should take his knight on g7 attacking rooks and queen

    On move seven, black should of played Bishop to d5,, then Play As6 or if whites queen moved then Bxg2 would of not been a bad move.

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